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2025 December 11 Honeysuckle Creek
2025 December 11 Honeysuckle Creek
Ajuga australis
Austral bugle
Lamiaceae
Arthropodium milleflorum
Pale Vanilla Lily
Asparagaceae
Cassinia aculeata
Common Cassinia
Asteraceae
Cullen microcephalum
Dusky Scurfpea
Fabaceae
Dianella revoluta
Blueberry Lily
Asphodelaceae
Diuris semilunulata
Late Leopard Orchid
Orchidoideae
Diuris sulphurea
Tiger Orchid
Orchidoideae
Exocarpus strictus
Pale Ballart
Santalaceae
Geranium solanderi
Native Geranium
Geraniaceae
Glycene clandestina
Twining Glycine
Fabaceae
Goodenia hederacea
Forest Goodenia
Goodeniaceae
Grevillea lanigera
Woolly Grevillea
Proteaceae
Hardenbergia violacea
Purple Coral Pea
Fabaceae
Hibbertia obtusifolia
Hoary Guinea Flower
Dilleniaceae
Hyperacium gramineum
Small St. John's Wort
Hypericaceae
Lomandra filiformis
Wattle Mat-rush
Asparagaceae
Microtis unifolia
Common Onion Orchid
Orchidoideae
Olearia megaphylla
Large-leaf Daisy Bush
Asteraceae
Pimelia linifolia
Slender Rice Flower
Thymelaeaceae
Pimelia treyvaudii
Grey Rice Flower
Thymelaeaceae
Stellaria pungens
Prickly Starwort
Caryophyllaceae
Veronica derwentiana
Derwent speedwell
Plantaginaceae
Viola betonicifolia
Arrowhead Violet
Violaceae
2025 December 3 Crace
2025 December 3 Crace
Daviesia mimosoides
Narrow-leaved Bitter Pea
Dipodium roseum
Rosy Hyacinth Orchid
Eryngium ovinum
Blue Devil
Exocarpus cupressiformis
Cherry Ballart
Goodenia hederacea
Ivy Goodenia
Lissanthe strigosa
Peach Heath
Lomandra multiflora
Many-flowered Matrush
Pimelea curviflora
Curved Rice Flower
Xerochrysum viscosum
Sticky Everlasting
2025 November 12 Narrabundah
2025 November 12 Narrabundah
Acaena ovina
Sheeps Burr
Cynoglossum australe
Australian Hound's Tongue
Glycine tabacina
Glycine Pea
Leptorhynchos squamatus
Scaly Buttons
Tricoryne elatior
Yellow Rush Lily
Wahlenbergia luteola
Yellowish Bluebell
Xerochrysum viscosum
Sticky Everlasting
2025 November 4 Lawson
2025 November 4 Lawson
Goodenia pinnatifida
Convolvulus angustissimus
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia
Wahlenbergia stricta
(natve be inside the flower)
Asperula conferta
Plantago varia
Pultenaea subspicata
Low Bush Pea
Pterostylis hamata
Kunzea parvifolia
Cassinia longifolia (with spider)
Spider: Cyclosa fuliginata group and is known as the Sooty Orb-weaver
Cynoglossum sauveolens
2025 October 28 & 29 Blue Mountains
2025 October 28 & 29 Blue Mountains
Olearia erubescens
Olearia erubescens
Olearia erubescens
Poranthera corymbosa
Poranthera corymbosa
Billadiera scandens
Calytrix tetragona
Symphionema montanum
Epacris obtusifolia
Actinotus helianthi
Comesperma ericinum
Bauera ruboides
Damperia purpurea
Damperia purpurea
Damperia purpurea
Damperia stricta
Sowerbaea juncea
Hybanthus monopetalus
Thelymitra ixiodes
Calochilus robertsonii
Micrortus sp
Diuris sulphurea
Lomandra obliqua
Hibbertia bracteata
Aotus sp
Sphaerolobium minus
Gompholobium sp
Dillwynia retorta
Mirbelia rubifolia
Mirbelia rubifolia
Grevillea acanthifolia
Grevillea laurifolia
Grevillea laurifolia
Telopea speciosissima
Telopea speciosissima
Telopea speciosissima
Lambertia formosa
Lambertia formosa
Isopogon anemonifolius
Hakea dactyloides
Hakea teretifolia
Hakea proppinqua
Cassytha glabella
Stackhousia viminea
Leptospermum polygalifolium
2025 June / July Tasmania sections at the ANBG , Canberra
2025 June / July Tasmania sections at the ANBG , Canberra
Section locations
Link to plants in each section
Notes on angiosperm diversity differences in Tasmania
The Gondwana elements of the flora were well adapted to this cooler climate, and probably survived in relatively large areas akin to the present alpine and subalpine zones
The dry sclerophyll forests, restricted by the lower tree line, and forming only a southern appendage to those of Victoria, would have been reduced in diversity, and perhaps restricted to a number of relatively small refugia from Quaternary glaciation
Consequences of the retreat of the ice sheets about 13 ka ago:
The Gondwanan elements recolonised the central highlands
Sea levels rose, and Tasmania again became isolated from the mainland
The climate became wetter, and dry sclerophyll forest, expanding from its refugia, found only a very limited area suitable for recolonisation
Only limited augmentation of lowered glaciation diversity by long distance dispersal across Bass Strait
Diversity outcomes are illustrated in the below table which compares the the proportional contribution of top ranked Australian families to the Tasmanian flora. Contributing reasons for differences are indicated
Prominent genus level distinctions include:
Eucalyptus, comprising 2.7% of the Australian flora, makes up only 1.3% of the Tasmanian flora
Acacia, another major component of the woodland habitats of Australia (about 4.2% of the total Australian species numbers) makes up only 1% of the Tasmanian vascular plant flora
Banksia, a genus of about 75 species, and prominent in dry sclerophyll forests throughout Australia, is represented in Tasmania by only three species, one of which is restricted to a couple of tiny areas on the north coast and on Flinders Island, and another to a few individuals on King Island
Grevillea, another large and obvious component of mainland Australian forests, is represented by only one variable species in Tasmania
Conifers seen on the walk:
Athrotaxis selaginoides
Athrotaxis x laxifolia
Callitris oblonga
Callitris rhomboidea
Diselma archeri
Lagarostrobus franklinii
Pherosphaera hookeriana
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius
Podocarpus lawrencei
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